Watch List notes:

APULIA, Barium. Circa 180-160 BC. Sextans (Bronze, 19mm, 5.22 g 12). Laureate head of Zeus to right; behind, two stars. Rev. ΒΑΡΙΝΩΝ Eros over prow right. HN Italy 733. SNG ANS 652-654. SNG Munich 453. Rare. A particularly nice example for this type with a most attractive sand patina. Very fine.


From the de la Tour collection, Hess-Divo 314, 4 May 2009, 1006.